World War I WebQuestWhat is it like to be in a conflict as a
Leader or Officer?

A Nation's Leaders, Generals and Admirals all some
things in common:

to inspire their
charges

to remind us who the true enemy
is

to order young men and women into
battle, while they, themelves, most often, remain on the
'sidelines'

The leaders of the governments and the generals of the
soldiers often were not on the front lines of the war, but had to
make the decisions that could send tens of thousands to
battle.

Instructions:

Your task is to follow each of the following pairs of links. After
visiting each set of sites, your team should:

discuss what it was like to be a
government's leader or an officer during World War I.

go to your team's worksheet and write
down an understanding or truth, based on the set #1
workstation/internet sites that you just visitied [see
below]. If you need a worksheet, click here.

then proceed to the next pair of sites
of materials and repeat steps 1 and 2

When you have visited, discussed and written down your
understandings from the 3 sets of websites and/or other work
stations that you visited, you will then complete
the last section of your worksheet that answers the
question "What was it like to be a leader or an officer during
this conflict?".

Remember, in the next stage [Stage 2] of this WebQuest,
each member of your team will be sharing your team's response with
a larger group of participants. Make sure your understanding and
analysis will help this larger group understand the essential
question better.

Remember - your entire team will be assessed on what you write
down and turn in!

Click on 'What are we fighting for', then follow
the directions below.

(if you have sound, turn it up for this page, then
click on the audio selection)Scroll to the bottom of each of the pages to read the
text of the speech.

Bibliography:

pershing.gif

"The Doughboy Center-First Army: inspection.gif." The Doughboy
Center: The Story of the American Expeditionary Force; The Great
War Society. 1998. WWI: Trenches on the Web. 8 January 2000.
<http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/ghq1arm.htm>.

Gerard

Cosmas, G.A (ed.). "Voices of WWI: James Gerard". American
Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I . 19 October 1998. The
American Memory: Library of Congress. 28 December 1999.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/nfor:@band(Gerard++James)>.

Senator Harding

Cosmas, G.A (ed.). "Voices of WWI: Senator Warren G. Harding
". American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I . 19
October 1998. The American Memory: Library of Congress. 28
December 1999.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/nfor:@band(Harding++Warren)>.

General Pershing

Cosmas, G.A (ed.). "Voices of WWI: General Pershing". American
Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I . 19 October 1998. The
American Memory: Library of Congress. 28 December 1999.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/nfor:@band(Pershing)>.

General Wood

Cosmas, G.A (ed.). "Voices of WWI: General Wood". American
Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I . 19 October 1998. The
American Memory: Library of Congress. 28 December 1999.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/nfor:@band(Wood++Leonard)>.

Samuel Gompers

Cosmas, G.A (ed.). "Voices of WWI: Samuel Gompers ". American
Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I . 19 October 1998. The
American Memory: Library of Congress. 28 December 1999.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/nfor:@band(Gompers++Samuel)>.

Rabbi Wise

Cosmas, G.A (ed.). "Voices of WWI: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise ".
American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I . 19 October
1998. The American Memory: Library of Congress. 28 December 1999.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/nfor:@band(Wise++Stephen)>.